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ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA MURDER-BOMBING MYSTERY:
Information Sought

09/03/03

On August 28, pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells was allegedly locked into a bombing device by a stranger and ordered to rob a bank branch just outside Erie, Pennsylvania. When he was detained by state police following the robbery, the bomb exploded, killing him instantly.

Following a preliminary investigation of the case by a multi-agency law enforcement task force, many questions remain. Specifically, information is sought about any aspect of the triple-banded metal collar that was locked around Wells' neck and about the lock that kept it in place.

On behalf of the task force, the FBI requests the public to carefully scrutinize the pictured photographs of these objects. If you have any information at all about the devices, please immediately call the toll-free number 1-866-219-2008.


Photograph of  triple-banded collar

Photograph of device